I enjoy your excitement concerning God’s grace. I believe sometimes God is emphasising one lesson in particular so it soaks in.

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In Grace
Andre van der Merwe

Rom8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath MADE ME FREE from the law of sin and death.
See it says made me (past tense)
so if i was made free from the Law of sin and death
and I’m in Christ then there is no Condemnation.
Rom8:8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Sinners are people who are not in Christ! not in the Spirit but in flesh! That’s because they were not made righteous for Christ doesn’t dwell in me.
Why? Because they didn’t let the Truth set them free from the Law! and still think that they should ask forgiveness to earn righteousness!
you’re saying that every time a believer sins in the flesh is cast out from the presence of the Lord because if God sees them they’ll die! They won’t be able to stand boldly in His presence until they ask for forgiveness..you know that we can’t stand in the presence of God if we have sin in us. so if i forget to ask forgiveness for one of my sins what would happen to me?

Romans8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15For ye have NOT received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of ADOPTION, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

If i believed and received Christ I’ve been adopted! I’m a child of God! not a servant anymore!
16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the CHILDREN of God
read these verses please and notice that they’re all in the past tense! all done already.
Romans8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38For I am PERSUADED, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, NOR NOTHING PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME!!! see that!!

Even future things could separate us!

Romans8:39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1Peter1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Yes we have reconsidered this and also heard from various other trustworthy people that 1 John 2:19 implies that the Gnostics had already left. At some point we will revise this message and publish it again. Thank you very much for also bringing this under our attention.

May I just add that 1 John 1:9 still does not imply that Christians have to go soul searching and confess each and every small sin in order to be forgiven. As mentioned in many of our other messages, all the sins past present and future of a Christian were forgiven over 2000 years ago at the cross, and we RECEIVE this forgiveness the day we are born again. If confessing sins were such an important part of the walk of the Christian life, why did the champion apostle of grace, Paul, that wrote half of the New Testament not mention it anywhere? Yes there is a place for confessing sins if a person “feels” that they need to tell God they have messed up, but I can guarantee you that everytime you confess, and you then listen to the Holy Spirit speaking, you will always hear the answer: “You have already been forgiven – I don’t remember your sins anymore.” Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

God wants us to be conscious of our righteousness, and not of our mistakes. Going around everyday, trying to remember all the mistakes you have made so that you can confess them, is not the way God meant for His children to walk in, because being conscious of our mistakes robs us of our confidence before God. But Jesus came and offered ONE sacrifice for all people for all time, and by faith in Christ we receive complete forgiveness through the finish work of the cross.
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; Also see Heb10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. If your conscience has been cleaned of your sins, and if God does not remember them anymore either (v17), why then do YOU still want to bring them up?

So this is exactly what 1 John 1:9 tells us – When we admit we are sinners and confess our sins, God wipes away ALL our sins: 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness. From that moment onwards we don’t have anymore unrighteousness, and even though our behaviour sometimes does not line up with this, our position of righteousness before the Father does not waiver or ever falter.

Unfortunately the confessing of sins has been made into such a distorted & ugly thing by certain churches to put people under the fear of man, to control the church and to make people feel guilty so that they can come back next Sunday to try and feel better again.

In Grace
Andre van der Merwe

If you believe that God will only forgive your sins from the day you were born up to the time you confess them, and that you have to confess EVERY subsequent sin afterwards to receive forgiveness again and again, then you are in big trouble. Because let’s say you have just confessed your sin, but forgot to confess the one time you looked lustfully at a woman, and you walk out the door and get hit by a truck, that means you are going straight to hell, because you forgot to confess that one sin! No Marco, the Christian life is not lived from confession to confession, it is lived from faith to faith and grace to grace. Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. John 1:16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

Our forgiveness is not based on our own fluctuating ability to confess and remember every sin we have committed, it is based on the perfect obedience of Jesus on our behalf and receiving forgiveness & righteousness as a gift. The moment you are born again, all your sins past present AND FUTURE are wiped out completely. When do you think your sins were forgiven?? More than 2000 years ago at the cross. But when you get born again, you RECEIVE that forgiveness.

Christians do NOT have a sinful nature anymore, you can see our previous article on this subject here: http://www.newcovenantgrace.com/christians-sinful-nature-indwelling-sin/

Proof from scriptures that Christians are forgiven ALL their sins (and these are only a few, there are many more):
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Col 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Rom 4:5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin”
Col 3:13 … even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
1 John 2:12 Little children, I write to you because you have been forgiven your sins through His name.
2 Cor 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them…

I can go on and on, but I think you get the picture. If God broke His rod on the back of Jesus, why would He have any punishment left for you? God wants us to be conscious of our righteousness, and not of our mistakes. Going around everyday, trying to remember all the mistakes you have made so that you can confess them, is not the way God meant for His children to walk in, because being conscious of our mistakes robs us of our confidence before God. But Jesus came and offered ONE sacrifice for all people for all time, and by faith in Christ we receive complete forgiveness through the finish work of the cross.

Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

So this is exactly what 1 John 1:9 tells us – When we admit we are sinners and confess our sins, God wipes away ALL our sins: 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness. From that moment onwards we don’t have anymore unrighteousness, and even though our behaviour sometimes does not line up with this, our position of righteousness before the Father does not waiver or ever falter.

What is the definition of sin? Well under the old covenant sin is defined as falling short of the requirements of the law, breaking the law. But then Jesus came and took away the requirements of the law: Col 2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Now since there is no more law, we can not break the law anymore. Rom 5:13 For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

In Grace
Andre van der Merwe

now take this simple scriptural challenge: where in the entire NT is anyone ever forgiven of their SIN. Once more, find one verse where anyone is forgiven of their SIN.

next scriptural challenge: Find one verse where anyone is freed from their SINS.

so what is the conclusion: for Christians their sins are forgiven by the blood shed at the cross. We are freed from the power of sin by living the ascended life of Christ when we excercise the power of the Holy Spirit. But we can never live totally in the spirit so when we sin (we all sin, we all fall short of the glory), then we are told exactly what to do … if you confess your sins, =God is faithful and just, He will forgive you your sins and purify you of all unrighteousness so that your fellowship with God via Christ as your advocate via the Holy Spirit is restored.

that’s what is in the gospels ….

how do you explain John 1.john2.19

1 John 2:19 -They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

if John is stating the gnostics had left, how can he still be adressing them.

It’s quite amazing if we realize there are no other verses in the entire new covenant that tells us we should confess our sins to God! …. so the concept expressed in 2tim3.16 is mentioned only once, does that mean it is not valid?